Want to Work Together?

[Nightmare?]

[Let me elaborate. What happened? I've always felt she was useless, the weakest of the top five newcomers...]

Fortunately, they had included Nightmare in their plans all along; that's incredibly impressive!

[You've lost your mind. "Awesome" is just two words.]

[Skrskr?]

[That's right, this morning Sachi told the Magician...]

Let's go back to 8 a. m.

Yu Xing came out of Wu Runhao's tent and stomped on a small paper figure.

He followed the little paper figure to Carlos's tent and found that Carlos's character was a thin Doctor who was all alone, lazily checking his medical kit and yawning.

Seeing Yu Xing enter, he perked up and smiled, "Good morning, long time no see~ San."

Who is San? Is San Xing's English name?

[So they knew each other! No wonder they chose unrelated hunting rings.]

It was at this point that the viewers in the live stream learned that the two knew each other.

Yu Xing could tell that Carlos wanted to join forces with him by having the little paper doll bring him here on his own initiative.

Despite not having a direct hunting relationship with the Magician, Yu Xing had a good impression of him and agreed to the request to join forces.

So he then spent ten minutes very quickly arranging the daytime action plan.

"Use the paper doll to find out as quickly as possible which of the five paranormal researchers is the prophet. I'll add him to today's island exploration team."

The Magician's paper figures are a powerful tool for investigation; they must be used effectively.

"When you see an opportune moment, disguise yourself as Ghoul and join the prophet in killing me."

At this point, the Magician hesitated slightly, because if he really wanted to deceive the prophet, he would most likely need to take action against Yu Xing.

Then Yu Xing's safety cannot be guaranteed.

Then he remembered the sacrifice that Yu Xing had used, the one that could bring the dead back to life.

With that sacrificial offering, Yu Xing wouldn't actually die. The problem is, such a heaven-defying sacrificial offering must have great limitations. There might be a situation where it can be used once but then unusable in the next few simulations.

"Don't worry, my sacrifice... can be used in this match. But I don't really want to use it in front of so many spectators, so you'd better be reliable."

Neither Yu Xing nor Carlos directly revealed what the sacrifice's ability was. After all, there were many people around, Carlos knew he had to keep it a secret for Yu Xing. So he just gave her a questioning look, and Yu Xing received the signal and provided an answer.

"After that, we'll need to adapt to the situation. After all, I can't fully grasp the psychology of the Prophet and the Nightmare; there are many possibilities for what they will do and what choices they will make."

"Don't use your paper doll ability in front of them yet. I remember you have a dagger, so use that and pretend to be Ghoul with strong melee abilities."

Carlos, clutching the medical kit, uttered a questioning monosyllabic sound, "Oh?"

Then, intrigued, he asked, "You've seen him? You know Ghoul are strong in melee combat?"

"We haven't had any direct contact before, and we haven't had any direct dealings with each other now either." Yu Xing shook his head, chuckling lightly, "But his name easily leads people to think he's a melee fighter, and he's most likely a melee fighter. This disguise is the least likely to go wrong."

It means that since he's not around, no matter what you say to him, he can't refute it.

"Tsk tsk tsk, taking advantage of the Ghoul's absence to go all out against him," Carlos gloated.

Yu Xing continued, "When I'm truly at my wit's end and need your help, I'll cough three times in a row. Otherwise, no matter what happens, as long as I don't cough, it means I have a backup plan, and you shouldn't use the paper doll."

Let's go back to the present.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Yu Xing didn't cough even three times, so Carlos knew that this guy was up to no good.

Yu Xing, however, brought up Yan, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, which surprised him slightly. He turned his gaze to this muscular man with a relatively low profile.

Well... based on the initial comments, they all knew that Yan was a woman. It can only be said that Yan's acting was so natural that they forgot about her gender.

Nightmare was called out, and looked at Xing with a completely bewildered expression.

"Prophet, you are skilled in prophecy, didn't you foresee that among the five predictors participating in this competition, Nightmare's ability is the strongest?"

Yu Xing spoke lightly, but Song Quan felt somewhat embarrassed.

Ultimately, he was just an Intermediate Deducer; with such rare predictive abilities, he simply couldn't fully control them.

Even with the abilities he currently possesses, he is far from being able to know whatever he wants to know; at most, he has some premonitions or vague hints that he needs to interpret himself.

Yu Xing didn't expect Song Quan to answer.

A prophet cannot do it, Zhao Mou can.

Zhao Mou has recently become popular as a celebrity predictor, largely due to his divination and prophetic abilities.

Moreover, Zhao Mou's abilities have matured, as evidenced by the fact that he previously gave Yu Xing a very specific position as a member of the Single Prism.

Before Yu Xing entered the Rookie Tournament, he contacted Zhao Mou and asked Zhao Mou to take a look at the situation of the other predictors.

Zhao Mou told him that Yan was ranked first in the Rookie Tournament; in other words, she was the rookie with the highest system score.

The system's evaluation of newcomers is not solely based on their inherent abilities; it incorporates many factors, including their past performance records and overall capabilities.

Zhao Yijiu only missed out on one or two Yugi; otherwise, with his skills and the sacrifices he already possessed, becoming one of the top five newcomers this month wouldn't have been a problem.

However, this also proves that Nightmare's abilities are very strong, either in terms of scoring or in terms of sacrifices.

"From the very beginning, he's been trying to minimize his presence. In reality, Nightmare has already placed himself in the safest position." Yu Xing tightened his grip, causing the prophet to release his hold in pain. The imps immediately became agitated and rushed towards Yu Xing, as if they wanted to tear him apart.

Yu Xing ignored them, but the little devils bit her arm, and a sharp pain came along with a chilling aura emanating from their bodies.

He didn't even dodge, but simply smiled at Nightmare: "We're all within your power now, aren't we? Whether it's a nightmare or something else, it's not real. Injuries sustained in the unreal won't carry over into the real."

In other words, everything they are experiencing now is taking place within the Nightmare's "nightmare," as for this point in time...

Yu Xing smiled, jumped over the ravine, and came to the tree where the corpses were hanging. After receiving the false memories given to them by the Dead Spirit Island, everyone went through a period of reflection and adaptation.

That was a process of going from a daze to clarity.

Yu Xing remembered that he had clearly woken up from the false memory very quickly, but suddenly felt the air freeze before it began to flow again.

He believed that at that moment, Nightmare activated abilities like Nightmare, taking advantage of everyone's unstable mental state to pull them into a false world!

Yan let out a surprised "Eh," the bewilderment on her face fading, replaced by admiration. "You actually saw through it. No wonder you're—"

No wonder he has those eyes that see through illusions; he's the one who makes my heart flutter!

When did you find out?

I knew it from the beginning.

The reason why Yu Xing didn't directly expose Nightmare, and even continued to confront the Prophet and Carlos, was because Yu Xing didn't quite trust Carlos.

Through the "Nightmare," all his actions were aimed at confirming that Carlos was trustworthy.

And Carlos did not disappoint him, so this Yugi where everyone is scheming against each other should come to an end.

"Nightmare, shall we cooperate?" Yu Xing asked with a smile.